Question

    Once upon a time,there lived a prince in the Persian Gulf (波斯灣) . He wanted to make his little fishermen village become a big rich kingdom. When people talked about his dream,they would say ,“ If our village became rich,a pig could fly. ”Some other people thought that their Prince must be mad. However,the Prince believed that he could make it and tried his best. Thirty years later,his dream came true. The Prince was an emir (酋長) ，Sheikh Rashid A1 Maktoum,and his kingdom was Dubai.

    Today,the city becomes one of the world's most important business centers. There are also expensive hotels and skyscrapers. People from all over the world go there to do business. In fact,each year the city gets its money mainly from business,not oil. It is also one of the world's fastest growing cities. People there can build a tall building in only a few months. The city also has many man-made islands. The Palm Jumerirah,is one of these. It looks like a palm (掠櫚樹) tree and is very beautiful.

1. What was the dream of Sheikh Rashid A1 Maktoum?

   A. To make his fishermen village become rich enough.

   B. To find a lot of oil.

   C. To lead the villagers to do business.

   D. To leave the village to find a better place.

2. The underlined phrase “a pig could fly” here means

“ ”

   A. It is quite funny.

   B. It is not a joke.

   C. Even a pig is very rich.

   D. It is impossible.

3. From Paragraph 1 we can infer that Prince was a man who .

   A. was very funny

   B. was careless

   C. never gave up

   D. always liked joking

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

   A. Dubai has many man-made islands.

   B. There are many foreigners living in Dubai.

   C. People in Dubai can build a tall building in a few days.

   D. Dubai now gets money mainly from selling oil.

5. What's the main idea of this passage?

   A. Dubai is a big fishermen village.

   B. Dubai is growing very fast.

   C. People in Dubai are very thankful to Sheikh Rashid A1 Maktoum.

   D. The Palm Jumerirah has become the sign of Dubai.

Answer 1

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B

導讀這是一篇說明文。主要介紹了阿聯(lián)酋的商都迪拜是如 何由一所小城市發(fā)展到現(xiàn)在最富裕的一所城市的。

詳析

1. A細節(jié)理解題。由第一段的第二句可知，謝赫•拉希德.阿勒馬克圖姆殿下的夢想是讓他的村子變得很 富有。

2. D詞義猜測題。由下一句中的“有些人認為他們的王子一定是瘋了”可以推測出，應當是“不可能”的意思。

3. C推理判斷題。第一段的最后三句說到王子最后實現(xiàn)夢想，這說明他是一個永不放棄的人。

4. A細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“The city also has many man-made islands. ”可知，迪拜有許多人造島嶼。

5. B主旨大意題。第一段介紹了迪拜經(jīng)濟的起步，第二段 介紹了它的迅猛發(fā)展，由此可知，本文主要突出了迪拜 發(fā)展的迅速。

prince n 王子 Dubai 迪拜

skyscraper  vt.摩天大樓

障礙句分析

If our village became rich,a pig could fly.如果我們的村

莊變得富裕了，那么豬都能飛上天了。

這是一個含有狀語從句的復合句。

if our village became rich是一個條件狀語從句。整個句子用的是虛擬語氣，故從 句用一般過去時，主句用過去將來時。